Will Be Wild: #8 – Pretty Damn Close

From critically acclaimed podcast studios Pineapple Street and Wondery comes a new 8-part series called Will Be Wild that shines a light on the human stories left out of the headlines. It goes deep into the lives of people who took part in that day. People who saw it coming. And people who fear that January 6th was just the beginning of something, not the end.

June 6,2022

How will January 6th be written into American history? First we explore how a little-known law connects that day to the aftermath of the Civil War. Then we look at how the criminal justice system is holding insurrectionists accountable as the court of public opinion rewrites the stories of those who survived the attacks.